fc-updates

Update on channels

1. It's not a top priority right now

2. Channels are not expiring; if we end up moving forward with an expiration, we will give advanced notice; consider it an indefinite grace period

3. When it becomes a priority, we will resolve abandoned and squatted channels as part of the expiration; we will likely decentralize channel creation at that point — however, only when a top priority

4. What's higher priority than channels?

a. Continue to improve frames UX, especially with regard to onchain interactions

b. Improve discovery across Farcaster for anyone building / creating something onchain

c. Snapchain — need to scale the underlying protocol

d. Cheaper sign ups — top request from several existing apps with large user bases considering integrating with Farcaster

e. Migrating Sign in with Farcaster to Farcaster Connect (see FIP) to allow other clients to provide auth for apps / frames

f. Rewards and onboarding improvements around invites

my take - Channels don’t need MM/Warpcast to grow.

The legos to drive 10x growth/engagement within a channel are already there:
- signups are permissionless, invite flow is getting better
- frames already allow you to build channel apps and experiences
- many channel moderation tools are available 
- use things like @curabot to curate algo feeds, channel leaderboards, distribute rewards. You can use frames for creating better form factors for your community, don’t need to rely on Warpcast feed/algo. 
- launch tokens for channel members, reward fairly. 

The challenge for channels is not lack of tools or decentralized creation/ownership. A few motivated channel entrepreneurs will show how to drive growth in channels using frames, tokens, onchain transactions, curated feeds and bots. And then everyone will follow fast.

agree with @dwr.eth on this “We need 100-1000x more posts in channels before you can consider channels to be something like reddit.”

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Moderators: https://cura.openrank.com

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Cura (powered by openrank)

AMA about @curabot, channels tokens, leaderboards, and channel v2 frames on wednesday 9am-10am PT. drop questions in comments :)

happy to share more on:
how cura uses openrank to create a channel specific reputation system and leaderboard
how should we grow communities on farcaster via channels, frames, agents and tokens
how to best use channel tokens for community building

onchain reputation at karma3labs and @openrank

some folks are already pushing hard to drive growth and engagement in their communities/channels. @humpty @pichi @jonathancolton @eriks @plantsnft @mcbain @inceptionally @kmacb.eth and many more

happy to share more about channels 
https://warpcast.com/sahil/0x503f7032

well said killer. keep building and we’ll keep pushing